About David C. Baue NFDA Professional Women’s Conference Scholarships
The Baue Family established David C. Baue NFDA Professional Women’s Conference Scholarships in 2021 to honor their father’s legacy and commitment to the funeral service profession. David C. Baue was a progressive funeral director who inspired his children and the funeral service profession through his leadership. In 1983, Baue helped found the National Foundation of Funeral Service’s Women in Funeral Service Seminar – the predecessor program to today’s NFDA Professional Women’s Conference.
THE NFDA PROFESSIONAL WOMEN’S CONFERENCE
Thanks to generous donor support, the Funeral Service Foundation has awarded scholarships to NFDA’s Professional Women’s Conference since 1998. The conference offers women of funeral service an opportunity to learn, a chance to collaborate, and a structure for networking that elevates the profession and enriches careers. Past scholarship recipients tell us they leave the conference with greater passion for funeral service and renewed energy with which to serve their communities.
ABOUT THE AWARD
20 SCHOLARSHIPS are available to female and non-binary funeral professionals and students to attend the NFDA Professional Women’s Conference, May 6-9 in St. Petersburg, FL. Applicants are not required to be NFDA members.
Scholarships cover registration and event fees, a three-night hotel-stay, and up to $500 in travel reimbursement.
Professionals
must be verifiably employed in funeral service or related occupations.
Students
must be in good standing and currently attending classes at an ABSFE- or Canadian-accredited institution or program.
Please Note: Students who are enrolled, but have not yet begun coursework at the time of application, are not eligible to apply.
APPLY FOR A SCHOLARSHIP
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Each candidate is required to answer six questions (limited to 250 words each), submit a brief video of no more than two minutes, and request a letter of recommendation – ensuring that it is submitted by the deadline.
DEADLINE
Online applications are being accepted from January 2 – February 5, 2026.
Past recipients of Funeral Service Foundation scholarships for any previous in-person NFDA Professional Women’s Conference are ineligible. (Those who received a 2020 Virtual NFDA Professional Women’s Conference Scholarship may apply.)
Scholarships will be awarded without regard to race, religious beliefs, age, national origin, or disability.
Scholarships are not renewable and a candidate may only receive this award once.
Recipients are required to attend all conference functions, and should plan travel accordingly.
If unable to attend designated scholarship events, the scholarship recipient will forfeit their scholarship for that year, but may apply in subsequent years.
All scholarships are subject to available funds.
All award decisions of the Funeral Service Foundation are final.
Alternates may be selected in the event that a scholarship recipient decides not to accept the award.
Only completed applications will be considered. Incomplete applications will not be reviewed.
The Funeral Service Foundation reserves the right to eliminate from consideration incomplete applications without further notice to the applicant.
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2025 David C. Baue NFDA Professional Women’s Conference Scholarship Winners!
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2025 SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS
Tanisha-Lynn Ayotte
First Memorial Funeral Services
Fort Saskatchewan, AB
Simone Bricker Hamilton’s Funeral Home Des Moines, IA
Andrea Brookins
Brookins Funeral Home
Chicago, IL
Nicole Caldwell
Chandler Gilbert Community College
Chandler, AZ
Andrea Delap
Higgins Funeral Home
Fayetteville, TN
Akhelia Gardner
Hall Ferguson Hewitt Mortuary
Miami, FL
Lindsay Harden
Crevasse’s Simple Cremation
St. Augustine, FL
Emma Hawk
Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service
Wabash, IN
Summer Koehler
Charles F. Snyder Jr. Funeral Home and Crematory
Lititz, PA
Ashley Latham
Beard Mortuary
Huntington, WV
Angela McLaurin
Wiseman Mortuary, Inc.
Fayetteville, NC
Lilly Meade
Colorado Crematory Services
Wheat Ridge, CO
Brittany Moton Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Services
Houston, TX
Mary Perkins
Baum Carlock Bumgardner Funeral Home
Mineral Wells, TX
Kolleen Primm
Tristate Cremation and Funeral Services
Texarkana, AR
Christie Redmon Moore
Mansfield Funeral Home and Cremations
Mansfield, TX
Holly Reiss
Ballhorn Chapels
Sheboygan, WI
Lindsay Wentworth
Baue Funeral Homes
St. Charles, MO
April Yurkovich
Dawson Funeral Home
East Liverpool, OH
